Brooklyn Dodgers vs Milwaukee Braves
May 7, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1956 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Brooklyn Dodgers 1, Milwaukee Braves 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 0
Reese ss 4 0 1 0
Snider cf 4 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Amoros lf 2 1 0 0
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Walker c 4 0 0 0
Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 1 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 1 1
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 3 0 1 0
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 1 0
Aaron rf 4 1 1 1
Thomson lf 3 1 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 0 0
Bruton cf 4 1 3 0
Crandall c 2 0 1 2
Buhl p 1 0 1 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
Brooklyn 000 000 100160
Milwaukee 010 110 00x381
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  L(1-2) 3.2 6 2 2 2 1
  Roebuck   2.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Labine   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
2
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  W(2-0) 9.0 6 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
3

  E–O'Connell (1).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Robinson-Hodges, Milwaukee 2. Mathews-Crandall-Adcock, Logan-O'Connell-Adcock.  2B–Brooklyn Robinson (4,off Buhl); Gilliam (1,off Buhl).  3B–Milwaukee Bruton (3,off Erskine).  HR–Milwaukee Aaron (3,5th inning off Roebuck 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Buhl 2 (2,off Erskine,off Roebuck).  SF–Crandall (1,off Erskine).  HBP–Crandall (1,by Roebuck).  Team–8.  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:15.  A–17,166.
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